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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

FINALS UPDATE:Fresh Off the Boat (1.5), NCIS (2.1), The Voice (2.6) and The Flash (1.4) all adjusted up. The World Series (4.6) did not (and was actually down in viewership) after accounting for time zones and the two hours after primetime, but it was still the best Game 1 since 2010.

ABC's late October drama debut was an afterthought, as Wicked City (0.9) couldn't even crack a 1.0 on premiere night and thus went well below the premieres of even the biggest new drama losers this fall. Clearly ABC's search for an answer on Tuesday at 10/9c will have to continue. ABC had at least a minor consolation as fast-tanking The Muppets (1.4) finally had a small rebound after a week off, though the momentum did not continue to Fresh Off the Boat (1.4) and Agents of SHIELD (1.4).

Fox got a break from its usual Tuesday woes with what looks like a really strong Game 1 of the World Series, averaging a preliminary 15.26 million viewers and 4.6 demo from 8:00 to 11:00 and continuing wayyy past primetime. Even if this doesn't adjust up (which it probably will), it would be about a third above last year's Game 1. This will be the best Game 1 viewership/demo since at least the 4.7 in 2010 and probably since the 6.3 in 2009.

Perhaps the biggest winner against the Series was NBC's Chicago Fire (1.9), which finally showed some signs of life after a couple underwhelming weeks to start the season. It spiked by two or three tenths even as Best Time Ever (1.1) and The Voice (2.5) faded a bit.

CBS was down a touch with NCIS (2.0) but otherwise steady with NCIS: New Orleans (1.6) and Limitless (1.4). And CW's The Flash (1.3) gave up a tenth as iZombie (0.6) gained one. (But one or both could be even after finals.)

FULL TABLE:

Info

Show

Timeslot

A18-49

Skew

Last%

Last#

LeLa

Rank

y2y

TLa

Ty2y

The Muppets

1.4

41%

+8%

+0.1

n/a

4/5

-30%

+27%

Fresh Off the Boat

1.5

47%

+7%

+0.1

+0.1

4/5

-6%

+36%

Agents of SHIELD

1.4

47%

-7%

-0.1

-0.1

4/5

-18%

-7%

-18%

Wicked City

0.9

35%

n/a

1/1

+13%

-18%

ABC:

-9%

-4%

NCIS

2.1

16%

-5%

-0.1

n/a

5/6

-19%

-5%

-19%

NCIS: New Orleans

1.6

16%

+0%

+0.0

-0.1

4/6

-30%

+0%

-30%

Limitless

1.4

24%

+0%

+0.0

+0.0

4/6

+0%

-18%

CBS:

-2%

-23%

Best Time Ever

1.1

33%

-8%

-0.1

n/a

7/7

-8%

-62%

The Voice Tue

2.6

32%

-4%

-0.1

-0.1

4/6

-10%

-4%

+93%

Chicago Fire

1.9

31%

+19%

+0.3

-0.1

1/3

+12%

+19%

+12%

NBC:

+2%

-6%

World Series

4.6

39%

n/a

1/1

+35%

+372%

+31%

Fox:

+372%

+31%

The Flash

1.4

52%

+0%

+0.0

n/a

1/4

+0%

+0%

+0%

iZombie

0.6

52%

+20%

+0.1

+0.0

2/4

+20%

-25%

CW:

+5%

-9%

Big5:

+52%

+3%

The full table can be sorted by clicking any of the category names at the top. Hover over 'Last', 'y2y' and timeslot numbers for more information on the previous episode(s) being compared.